Can-opener.



No. 715,403. Patented 1126.9. 1902.

CAN OPENER.

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ilNiTnD STATES EUGENE N. MANZER, OFYLINOOLN, NEBRASKA, ASSIGNOR OF TVVO-THIRDS TO A. J. ROBERTS AND W. l-I. MlLLER, OF LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

CAN-OPENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 715,403, dated December 9, 1902. Application filed January 29, 1902. `Serial No. 91,722. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern: ard-section. The terminals of these arms, as Be it known that I, EUGENE N. MANZER, a clearly shown in Fig. 3, are looped about the citizen of the United States, residing at Linstandard-section, so as to form guides 19, in coln, in the county of Lancaster and State of which the upper section 11 slides. A clamp- 55 5 Nebraska, have invented a new and useful ing-lever 20 is pivoted at one end to the outer Can-Opener, of which the following is a speciend of the bracket, its other end being formed cation. into a suitable handle 21, and this lever is The present invention relates to can-openconnected to the upper section by means of ers; and the object thereof is to provide an a pivoted link 22. It will therefore be seen 6o :o improved instrument of this character by that when the lever is raised or lowered the means of which the top of a can may be quickly upper section, and consequently the cutting cut; said can being securely held by the demechanism carried by it, will be moved in vice during the cutting operation. like manner.

A further object is to provide an opener of The cutting mechanism is in the form of a 65 x5 the above character which will hold cans of shank 23, pivoted intermediate its ends upon diderent heights and can be readily adjusted the head and having at one end a depending to cut tops of various diameters. cutter-blade 24 and at its other end an up- The preferred embodiment of the invention standing handle 25. This shank is longituis fully illustrated in the accompanying drawdinally adjustable upon the head, so that the 7o 2o ings, whereindistance between the head 16 and the cutter- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the comblade may be varied. Tothis end the shank plete instrument. Fig. 2 is a vertical secis provided witha longitudinal slot26,through tional view through the head ot' the same and which is passed a vertically-disposed pivotthe cutter-shank. Fig. 3 is a horizontal secbolt` 27, that is journaled in the head, said 75 25 tional view through the standard. bolt being provided with a thumb-nut 28, by Similar numerals of reference designate means of which the shank may be clamped corresponding parts in all the figures of the against longitudinal movement, a suitable drawings. washer 29 being interposed between the nut In carrying out the invention as shown a and the shank. Spaced teeth 30 depend from 8o 1o standard is provided comprising slidably-asthe head 16 and are arranged to impale the sociated sections 10 and 11. The lower seccan,and thereby preventits rotation with the tion 10 is provided at its lower end with anV cutter-blade. odset foot 12, having openings 13, arranged The operation of the device will be perto receive screws 14, by means of which the fectly obvious. The can to be'opened is 85 3 5 standard may be secured in an upright posiplaced beneath the arm 15, so that the pivottion to a table or other suitable support. The bolt 27 will be located substantially over the upper section 11 is slidably mounted on one center of the top. The level- 21 is then deside of the lower section and projects a conpressed, thereby lowering tbe cutting meehsiderable distance abovethe same. This secanism and impaling the teeth 30 in the top. 9o 4o tion has an offset arm 15 at its upper end, The cutter-shank 23 having been suitably which arm is provided with a terminal head adj usted to bring the cutter-blade within the 16, upon which the cutting mechanism, hereedge of the top, it is only necessary to rotate inafter described, is mounted. The upper the cutter-shank, consequently making a cirstandard-section 11 can be raised and lowered cular cut through the top. 95 45 through the medium of the following-de- The advantage for this construction maybe scribed mechanism. A bracket is mounted summed up as follows: In the first place the upon the lower section, said bracket comprismachine is inexpensive to manufacture, and ing spaced arms 17, which are arranged in by means of it cans of various heights and convergent relation toward their outer ends, sizes may be quickly and securely clamped. 10o 5o the spaced ends of said arms being secured, The radius of action of the cutter may also by means of rivets 1S or the like, to the standbe easily varied by loosening the thumb-nut 28 and adjusting the cutter-shank longitudinally upon the pivot-bolt.

From the foregoing it is thought that the 'construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention Will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it Will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a can-opener, the combination with a lower standard-section having a securingfoot at its lower end, of an upper standardsection slidably mounted on the lower section and projecting above the same, an offset arm extending from the upper section, a cutting device rotatably mounted upon the arm, and a clamping-lever movably mounted upon one section and having a connection with the other section.

2, In a can-opener, the combination With relatively movable standard-sections, of a bracket secured to one of the sections, a portion of said bracket constituting a guide for the other section, operating means mounted upon the bracket and connecting the sections for moving one of them With relation to the other, and a cutting device mounted upon one section.

3. In a can-opener, the combination With slidably-associated standard-sections, of a bracket having spaced arms that are attached to one of the sections and being provided With guides for the other section, a lever mounted upon the bracket and having a connection with the other section, and a cutting device carried by one section.

4L. In a can-opener, the combination With slidably-associated standard-sections, of a bracket having spaced arms that converge at their outer ends, the arms being secured at their spaced ends, said spaced ends being looped about the standard-section and forming guides in Which the other section is slidably mounted, a lever mounted upon the bracket and having a link connection With the slidablymounted standard section, and a cutting device carried by one of the sections.

5. In a can-opener, the combination with a standard having an outstanding arm, of a pivot rotatably mounted upon the arm, a cutter-shank having a slot through which the pivot passes and in which it is longitudinally movable, means for clamping the shank and pivot against relative movement, a depending cutter located at one end of the shank, and an upstanding handle located at the other end of the shank.

6. In a can-opener, the combination With a standard having an outstanding arm, of a pivot rotatably mounted upon the arm and having a shoulder, a cutter-shank adjustably mounted upon the pivot and longitudinally movable thereon, means for clamping the shank upon the shoulder to hold said shank and pivot against relative movement` and a cutting device carried by the shank.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aiiixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

EUGENE N. MANZER.

Vitnesses:

W. M. MORNING, C. A. MORNING. 

